Meet Information
Race: All-Ohio Championship - 8K
Location: Cedarville, Ohio
Short Story: Bruns leads the Barons in a massive, talented field of 371 runners by breaking collegiate PR in a big way.

Results

Race Highlights
Franciscan Men's Cross Country competed in their first large meet of the young season on Friday night at the All-Ohio Championship. 20 schools and several individuals all gathered on a hot evening in Cedarville. The Barons placed 15th overall with several Division I and II schools in attendance, as they were the 7th best among the Division III schools.

The heat and flatter course seemed to suit Maxwell Bruns, as the PAC Newcomer of the Week led the charge for the Barons. He cut over a minute off of 8k time at Bethany, as he placed 98th with a time of 26:43.7. He was the third-fastest Division III freshman in the field.

Seamus Sommers was right on his heels in 101st, as he showed great improvement in time from the Bethany meet as well. Luke Hurley ran his first 8k of the season and placed 169th. Aidan Mohr shattered his PR time with a very impressive showing of cutting nearly two minutes off his time from last week. The fifth finisher for the Barons was Daniel Wilson. He also beat his 8K PR by over a minute. Several other Barons set new personal record times as well.

Cedarville had 65 points to win the team title. Otterbein was the best finisher among Division III schools in 4th with 133 points. Franciscan had 447 points in 15th place. 

Baron Top Finishers by Overall Finish
98th Maxwell Bruns                26:43.1
101st Seamus Sommers          26:44.4
169th  Luke Hurley                   27:44.3
191st  Aidan Mohr                   28:06.4
201st  Daniel Wilson               28:13.1
236th Jack McKnight               28:52.5
278th Eduardo Torres               29:47.6
281st John Luke Rivers            29:50.4
286th Chris Geiger                   30:05.6
307th Thomas Baus                  30:50.7
322nd Mitch Sagan                     31:51.7
332nd Dominic Young                 32:32.4
337th Callum Wallenfang          32:52.5

Up Next
Franciscan will return to action in two weeks in a split-squad weekend. Some runners will be at Muskingum, and the rest will head to Louisville for the Live in Lou Classic. In Louisville, they will compete on the same course that will be used for the NCAA Great Lakes Regional later this season. 

Kelly Roggensack Memorial Races
The Annual Kelly Roggensack Memorial Races will take place for the 18th time in its history, once again kicking off a busy Saturday on Homecoming Weekend. The races will begin at 8 am on September 27th, 2025, with the 1K Kids Fun Run followed by the 5K Run & 3K Walk at 8:20 am. Click here for more info and signup

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